as a "me too", my car (vin 4433) has a retractable antenna. Eric Itzel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Benson" <delornut@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [DML] Antenna production question > My car is a late '81, vin 6938, and I bought it new. The dealer had about 20 > DeLoreans on his lot and they were mixed '81's and '82's. Mine has a fender > antenna as did all the '81's on the lot. The '82's had the retractable > antenna. I've seen many vin numbers earlier than mine with the retractable > antenna so I really can't explain why mine had the fender version. I think a > lot was done in the quality assurance centers and I'd guess a lot of mixing > and matching went on there. I owned my car for a couple of years before I > finally caught a fender in the right light to see that a bit of repair had > been done on it before it was shipped to the dealer. > > Bruce Benson > > > > Ok, I know that the early cars had the not so great >windshield antennas; > the mid-'81 cars had fender >antennas; and all the cars from late '81 on had > the >retractable antennas that popped out of the rear quarter >panel vents. > But what's the VIN cut off for each? I can't >say I've ever seen a D with a > fender antenna... and I >know I've seen at least 100+ DeLoreans by now. Are > >they the rarest? > > > > Louie Golden > > VIN 5252 (with the retractable antenna...) > > Charlotte, NC > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >